Let’s Make Groundhog Puppets for Kids!

Get ready to have some fun making Groundhog Day puppets with your students this year! We’ve put together the perfect printable template to help your students get going with puppets in the classroom. 

Use this template to have your students craft a fun groundhog paper bag puppet that they can use to retell the story of the groundhog’s discovery when he left his hole, or have them put on a puppet show in the classroom with their own original stories!

Pair this template with writing prompts, and you have the perfect piece to assemble your Groundhog Day bulletin board or a February hallway display.

Ideas for Using Paper Bag Puppets in the Classroom 

Paper bag puppets can be used in various ways in the classroom to engage students and enhance learning. Some ways to use paper bag puppets in class include:

• Storytelling — Students can create paper bag puppets to act out a story they have read or written. This can help them better understand the story’s characters and events.
• Role-playing — Students can use paper bag puppets to act out different characters or historical figures in a social studies or history lesson.
• Language development — Students can use paper bag puppets to practice speaking and listening skills. 
• Character acting and dialogue — They can use puppets to act out and practice different conversations, improving their acting and conversational skills
• Group work — Students can work in groups to create paper bag puppets and use them to present a skit or play to the class.
• Art — Making puppets is an art in itself and helps them explore their creative side.

No-Prep Groundhog Day Craft! Just Grab Some Bags!

This resource comes as a printable PDF file in both color and black and white options. You only need paper lunch bags, coloring utensils, scissors and glue. Open the file, print, and distribute…it’s that easy!

More Groundhog Day Resources for the Classroom

Don’t stop there! We’ve got plenty more holiday fun for Groundhog Day:

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Groundhog Day Writing Craftivity

Celebrate Groundhog Day in the classroom and show off your predictions with a printable Groundhog Day Craft.

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All About Groundhogs - Instructional Slide Deck

Use an animated instructional slide deck to guide your students through a Groundhog Day Project!

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Groundhog Day Addition - Color By Number

Boost addition skills and bring some fun into the classroom with Groundhog Day color-by-number addition worksheets.